A study of the relationship between skipping breakfast and its link to overweight kids is an example of cause and effect epidemiological study
Explanation:
A cause and effect study deals with how one phenomenon happens due to another phenomenon in a study. It relates both the phenomena and explains how the cause leads to the effect.
In a cause and effect epidemiology study, the ‘cause’ is the term referred to the causative agents like microbes, habits, environmental factors etc that modifies or affects the health of a person.
Various studies have proved a relationship between skipping breakfast leading to overweight, obesity, increased waistline and body mass index.
These conditions can lead to premature disease conditions of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and many more. Youngsters are more prone to skipping breakfast that could be vulnerable to overweight issues later on.